Nissan going racing isn't news. Nissan going racing with the Leaf electric car is news. The company is taking its all-electric Leaf Nismo RC and campaigning it at a support race for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The Electric Porsche Boxster at Michelin Challenge Bibendum
(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({}); We ran a story about the Electric Porsche Boxster back in February, but there really wasn’t a whole heap of information to impart. But now, after Porsche showcased the electric Boxster at Michelin Challenge Bibendum in Berlin, there is a little more flesh to put on the bones of that story. We’d assumed – because there was no reason to assume otherwise – that the three Electric Boxsters Porsche has running around would be all rear wheel-drive, just like the ICE Boxster.

The 2012 Audi RS5 - UK order book open
(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({});The tweaked and titivated 2012 Audi RS5 hits the UK this week. Priced at £58,725, first customer RS5s will arrive in April. The Audi RS5 is Audi’s answer to the BMW M3, and in its latest 2012 iteration it probably comes closer to knocking the M3 off its throne than ever before.